Maria Farrell
Maria Farrell Maria Farrell is a writer and independent consultant specialising in Internet policy development communications and community-building.[1] She currently serves as a Committee member on ICANN's Nominating Committee, and as an IT consultant and Task Manager of Electronic Waste (Brazil) for infoDev, an IT division within The World Bank.
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| Country: | Ireland |
| Email: | maria.farrell [at] icann.org |
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| Blog: | [crookedtimber.org crookedtimber.org] |
| LinkedIn: |  [Maria Farrell Maria Farrell]
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| Twitter: |  @mariafarrell
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ICANN Involvement
Ms. Farrell represents the Non-Commercial Users Constituency on the Nominating Committee.[2]
She was previously a member of the , as the Director of Information Coordination and Policy Support Officer for GNSO.[3]
Career
She was once a policy manager for E-business working in Information Technology working in the International Chamber of Commerce in 2002 for two years in Paris France. Continuing with her jobs as a policy creation specialist in Wales, United Kingdom, working with electronic law in the English law society as a policy advisor in the confederation for British Industry held inside London. In the past, she has mostly just worked a policy specialist and worked security in Internet technology.[4]
Education
She went to the University of Dublin where she studied politics and History. She earned degrees in these fields and later joined various TV productions in Ireland and the United Kingdom for only four years. Earning a master’s degree for interactive media about twelve years ago, she would later earn an MA for Government projects in the year 2000 at London’s school of economics. During her time as an ICANN policy developer she would go on to earn yet another degree while in Belgium for Management.[5]